Favorite album cover

[holidayroad]

Lots of Fleetwood Mac albums have interesting front covers so I wondered what covers fans liked the best. My fave is the cover for Mirage.

[TrueFaith77]

Tusk or Say You Will or Bare Trees or Rumours or Behind the Mask or Time or Future Games

[GODDESS6]

mirage or rumours~ but tusk has the coolest inner pics of any stevie/fm lp~

[chriskisn]

I can almost put money on the fact that no-one is going to say Mr Wonderful or English Rose :lol: (go and check out the covers if you don't know what I'm talking about)

Personally though I think Rumours has the best cover.

[holidayroad]

I can almost put money on the fact that no-one is going to say Mr Wonderful or English Rose :lol: (go and check out the covers if you don't know what I'm talking about)

Personally though I think Rumours has the best cover.

Mr. Wonderful isn't so bad...:laugh:

[Street_Dreamer]

Mystery To Me, then Mirage, then Behind The Mask.

Matt

[michelej1]

Mirage.

Michele

[jbrownsjr]

Mirage... I remember when all the displays came out... and they were blowin up Christine McVie on MTV with Hold me..

[markolas]

Tango in the Night.

Oh, and English Rose has a fabulous cover.

[BellaDonna93]

Rumours, of course and Mirage!!! :) Tango also has a really beautiful cover!

[gretchen]

Mirage
Say You Will
Tango

[GypsyBlueEyes]

Say You Will
The Dance
Mirage

[TrueFaith77]

Lots of Mirage love here. That's surprising to me because when I see it I always think: who are those people? And it's Lindsey appearing at his most, um, what's the right word... sapphic... :laugh:

[Gypsycat999]

I can almost put money on the fact that no-one is going to say Mr Wonderful or English Rose :lol:

Oh I love English Rose :D And I should mention Then Play on as well. But my favourite is Kiln House I guess. Christine is such a good painter. I'm always surprised by the many details this cover has. And of course I love Rumours. It's just classic.

[chiliD]

TIME (say what you will about the music inside, but the cover is pretty damned cool!)

KILN HOUSE (I could look at it for hours...and have)

THEN PLAY ON (the original UK cover was just black with white lettering...BOOOOOOORING!!)

MYSTERY TO ME (Ok, like the kid at the end of the TV show Bones...."what's that mean?".)

PENGUIN (what's going to make you buy the album quicker than seeing a pissed off penguin coming at you?)

BARE TREES (exquisite in its simplicity)

FUTURE GAMES (and I'll go on record to say that I like the original YELLOW cover moreso than the GREEN cover they changed it to.

[TrueFaith77]

KILN HOUSE (I could look at it for hours...and have)

MYSTERY TO ME (Ok, like the kid at the end of the TV show Bones...."what's that mean?".)



Yes, those are awesome (just not as much MY kinda thing as my faves), but it leads to the question: Why did Christine stop designing covers?

[Fannymac]

Of the "Big Five"....I'd have to go with MIRAGE and THE DANCE.....and then add in KILN HOUSE!

[mylittledemon]

The Dance
Say You Will
Rumours
Tusk
Greatest Hits (with the flower)

[ILoveFM]

Rumours
The Dance
Mirage
Say You Will
Greatest Hits

[gypsy4life]

Rumours.....then, The Dance(love the busted piano).

[wheart]

Mirage is my favorite, followed by SYW. The Live cover is pretty cool as well!

Least Favs: Tango and BTM

[daniellaaarisen]

Rumours and Mirage, hands down. Rumours is just so so classic and ethereal, though, and really defines the band for me... so I'm gonna go with Rumours.

[BTFLCHLD]

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EuGsNom7swQ/SDxXRBmci3I/AAAAAAAABqc/9R96G03BY-w/s320/Peter+Green%27s+Fleetwood+Mac.sml.jpg

http://bluestormmusic.com/store/images/fleetwoodmac_kilnhouse.jpg

http://images.bluebeat.com/an/6/5/3/7/1/l17356.jpg

[starshine]

I'd say Mirage for me also...but I do love the outtakes from the LP cover & the other various outtakes taken for the so called tourbook that never happend.....I like the ones where Stevie is actucally looking towards the camera.....so I may like Mirage but not the specific picture on the cover......Rumours would be next....but again I love the outtakes to those sessions. I think the one that Stevie has the Top Hat on is way better than the picture that was used.....I wish I could say Tusk but I so hate the dog on the cover....they have so many great Tusk outtakes during that era why did they put the stupid dog on the cover (ya I know it was Lindseys dog right.....).....I think Live could've been much better ....don't like the blurry photo...ugh.....Tango....ugh.....Mask....its like who are 'those' people...esp when your trying to promote the 'new' band members....it made no sense really to me.....I do like Dance/for the outtakes of Dance they were good too....another tourbook that we should've had really......better than SYW.....they had some nice outtakes that they could've used for the cover......I'll not ever understand why they picked what they picked (heck for all the various covers sometimes.....just like the no tourbooks....I guess I could say that about song selection as well on the LPs too.....) anyway.......thats IMO.......:shrug::nod:

[goldustsongbird]

Lots of Mirage love here. That's surprising to me because when I see it I always think: who are those people? And it's Lindsey appearing at his most, um, what's the right word... sapphic... :laugh:


:laugh: When I see it, I think "Shouldn't this cover be switched with TITN's?"

I actually don't think there is a Mac album cover I don't like, except for Behind The Mask. I really like Then Play On; I want that poster-sized so I can hang it somewhere!

[michelej1]

...they have so many great Tusk outtakes during that era why did they put the stupid dog on the cover (ya I know it was Lindseys dog right.....)....

Was it Lindsey's dog? I didn't know that. I have suspected the guy is only into poodles -- and kitty cats. Stevie is so funny about it though. She said she had very little to do with Tusk, because if she had: (1) it wouldn't have taken 13 months to record and (2) it wouldn't have had that dog on the cover looking ferocious.

I don't know how she described it -- biting someone's leg off or something. She is so hilarious. Rumpled ball of tuskness.

Michele

[starshine]

Was it Lindsey's dog? I didn't know that. I have suspected the guy is only into poodles -- and kitty cats. Stevie as so funny about it though. She said she had very little to do with Tusk, because if she had: (1) it wouldn't have taken 13 months to record and (2) it wouldn't have had that dog on the cover looking ferocious.

I don't know how she described it -- biting someone's leg off or something. She is so hilarious. Rumpled ball of tuskness.

MicheleI don't know I thought I'd heard it in an interview or read it somewhere that the dog on the cover was Lindsey's than dog?? Can anyone clear this up?? or know something.....anyway......:shrug:

[fleetwoodtrick]

Rumours all the way.

[daniellaaarisen]

I don't know I thought I'd heard it in an interview or read it somewhere that the dog on the cover was Lindsey's than dog?? Can anyone clear this up?? or know something.....anyway......:shrug:

No, I'm pretty sure its somebody else's dog.... and I know who but I can't think right now.... uggggghhhh! Didn't it say in the Ken Caillat thread?

[David]

Rumours all the way.Rumours all the way, followed by Tusk & the Pious Bird of Good Omen.

John's photo on Bare Trees is nice, but sort of the equivalent of hotel-room art.

[fleetwoodtrick]

Rumours all the way, followed by Tusk & the Pious Bird of Good Omen.

John's photo on Bare Trees is nice, but sort of the equivalent of hotel-room art.

David, would you mind telling me the story behind the Tusk cover? You can PM me if you want, I'm dying to know! (He's everywhere in the LP insert too!)


EDIT: I just read the posts that were before I posted. Ooops. I still don't understand though, and I'd love an explanation! :D

[David]

David, would you mind telling me the story behind the Tusk cover? You can PM me if you want, I'm dying to know! (He's everywhere in the LP insert too!)I don't have a story on the cover. I think it's Richard Dashut's dog biting John McVie's sneaker-clad foot. My dog Tammy used to bite my feet in play. She loved sinking her collie teeth into my Van's. Sometimes, when her teeth went too deep, I flinched visibly. What great times we had.

Think of the dog as a metaphor for the band, sinking its fangs into the complaisant & boring music industry in 1978.

The rest of the art -- all those calligraphy-like scribblings -- was journal pages by the photographer Peter Beard. From the looks of all the scribblings, Beard must have spent a good deal of time not only in Africa but in Los Angeles with the band during the recording process. Bummer he hasn't ever talked about that year in detail.

[daniellaaarisen]

I don't have a story on the cover. I think it's Richard Dashut's dog biting John McVie's sneaker-clad foot.

That's what I've heard, too.

[fleetwoodtrick]

I don't have a story on the cover. I think it's Richard Dashut's dog biting John McVie's sneaker-clad foot. My dog Tammy used to bite my feet in play. She loved sinking her collie teeth into my Van's. Sometimes, when her teeth went too deep, I flinched visibly. What great times we had.

Think of the dog as a metaphor for the band, sinking its fangs into the complaisant & boring music industry in 1978.

The rest of the art -- all those calligraphy-like scribblings -- was journal pages by the photographer Peter Beard. From the looks of all the scribblings, Beard must have spent a good deal of time not only in Africa but in Los Angeles with the band during the recording process. Bummer he hasn't ever talked about that year in detail.


*collective gasp* I'm shocked. :eek: But I'm also surprised that I haven't seen it talked about more on here.

:) My dog likes to lick the carpet. He gets his tongue stuck sometimes. And my best friend's Brittany Spaniel puppy has bit me on the INSIDE of my nose several times. Buhlud.

And thanks for the info on the art. I was very confused! (And I still kind of am.) But when I'm bored I sometimes dig out the Tusk LP and look at the art until my eyes hurt. I still don't think I've memorized every detail!

Oh and whose baby is that pulling on CM's hair!? I lol'd when I saw that!

[aleuzzi]

Favorite Covers:
Fleetwood Mac-White Album (by far and away my favorite one)
Bare Trees
Then Play On (American Edition)
Tusk (every inch of it)

Least Favorite Covers:

Heroes Are Hard to Find (though I like the back cover group photo)
Tango In the Night
The Dance

[CADreaming]

Favorite covers:

http://images.bluebeat.com/an/6/5/3/7/1/l17356.jpg

http://www.fleetwoodmac-uk.com/images/fmimages/2003/sayyouwill_limited.jpg

http://www.fleetwoodmacforsale.com/pf072.JPG

http://fresh.snowboardermag.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/tango-in-the-night.jpg

http://mitusa.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/album_fleetwood-mac-tusk.jpg

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8Sc1JvrfFRA/SpuaLqfzWMI/AAAAAAAAChA/K9uVv4GPr4E/s400/Fleetwood+Mac+-+Behind+The+Mask+-+Front.jpg

[Villavic]

mirage or rumours~

I agree. Though I like the LIVE cover too. And I always loved the Behind the Mask picture. It's the best cover where no member appears

And THE DANCE was a cool cover for a reunion album

this thread should have been a poll!!!!

[fleetwoodtrick]

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8Sc1JvrfFRA/SpuaLqfzWMI/AAAAAAAAChA/K9uVv4GPr4E/s400/Fleetwood+Mac+-+Behind+The+Mask+-+Front.jpg

For the longest time I thought that was Stevie. :rolleyes:

[sjpdg]

My favourites:

Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac
Rumours
Mr Wonderful (mainly just because it's sooooo disturbing!!)
25 Years: The Chain (Love John's Penguin tattoo!! Super cool!!)
Then Play On
Bare Trees
Mystery To Me
Fleetwood Mac
The Dance
Live
Tango In The Night (I like the painting on the front and the group photo on the back really shows off how tall Mick really is in comparison to the rest of the band)

[StreetAngel86]

SYW. if only for Lindsey's 'adjustment' prior to one of the shots :lol:
and Stevie's hair i covet!

For the longest time I thought that was Stevie. :rolleyes:


WHAT???????? for the longest time i thought it WASNT her
and someone said it WAS lol....who is it??????

[CADreaming]

WHAT???????? for the longest time i thought it WASNT her
and someone said it WAS lol....who is it??????


Very obviously not her, but it's a symbolic representation.

http://www.dgorton.com/FMac.jpg

"The band didn't want to appear in the cover picture, so Mick Fleetwood suggested that I create a sort of spiritual proxy band." - Dave Gorton, photographer


http://www.dgorton.com/bhndmask.html

[Musicman408]

I always thought the quality of the BTM booklet was pretty nice- nice borders and shading and whatnot!!! :nod:

[FMlex]

Rumours is iconic!
Even with all these awesome outtakes, they really did choose the best one.

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r289/ambergypsy/12q1.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b388/Sanne2/Stevie/set22-01.jpg

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i204/SortaSavageLike/Rumours/Off-stage/fm76.jpg

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r289/ambergypsy/Rumours0150.jpg

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r289/ambergypsy/Rumours0127.jpg

I know the burning question is why Stevie is on our left in all the outtakes and on the final cover she's on our right... anybody know why? They just flipped it maybe?
(Sorry for the pic overload haha)

[ILoveFM]

Rumours is iconic!
Even with all these awesome outtakes, they really did choose the best one.

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r289/ambergypsy/12q1.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b388/Sanne2/Stevie/set22-01.jpg

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i204/SortaSavageLike/Rumours/Off-stage/fm76.jpg

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r289/ambergypsy/Rumours0150.jpg

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r289/ambergypsy/Rumours0127.jpg

I know the burning question is why Stevie is on our left in all the outtakes and on the final cover she's on our right... anybody know why? They just flipped it maybe?
(Sorry for the pic overload haha)


I love the Rumours cover outtakes! All of them are just so beautiful and quirky. But I agree, the one that made the cover is the best!

[starshine]

Of those Rumours outtakes I really really love the 2nd one of Stevie with her top hat on....thats the best one....IMO anyway......& I do think its better than the cover pic. Even though everyone knows it.....:shrug:
Oh yeah, sorry I was (I guess) wrong about the dog on Tusk.....I'd always thought or heard it was Lindseys dog not Richard Dashurt's....if he ever comes back on here we could ask him.....I wonder whatever happend to his 'book' he was writing??? Anyone know??

[daniellaaarisen]

Of those Rumours outtakes I really really love the 2nd one of Stevie with her top hat on....thats the best one....

Agreed. It's so... mystical.

[goldustsongbird]

The last two are my favourites and are cover-worthy. Interesting to think how different Rumours could have been if it had a different picture on it and been called Yesterday's Gone. Thank god for John McVie. ;)

[vivfox]

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r289/ambergypsy/Rumours0127.jpg


Of the four outtakes you have displayed, THIS one is my favorite. My real favorite though is the one they used for the cover. That picture my friends, changed my life forever.

[Almost Simon]

Kiln House
Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac
Future Games – (I’ve got a nice original yellow cover, much better than green – why on earth did they change it??)
Bare Tree’s
Rumours

[trackaghost]

I'd have to go with Kiln House and Christine's beautiful drawing, John McVie's photo on Bare Trees, Tango In The Night and Say You Will.

[Sleepless-Child]

Mmmh, Rumours, of course, it's THE symbol.
And to me, the Dance cover is horrible, really, I can't, even now, recognize Christine on it ! :) The only fun thing on this cover is Mick's position...
I like Tusk, Kiln House, Mirage, of course too, and many others :)
Yeah, I think The Dance is the only one that I don't like...at all.

[marc402]

Tango In The Night for me, i even have a coffeetable with a glass top with the TITN record under it, having said that my second place goes to the Dance (for the brilliant rumours homage cover, have a fondness for Mystery To Me and Kiln House aswell

[TheWILDheart]

The Dance
Tango In The Night
Behind The Mask (I really love this)
Mirage
Rumours
Tusk
Say You Will
Time
Fleetwood Mac
Greatest Hits

[vivfox]

Favorite Cover
Greatest Hits

BORING! It shouldda been a marijuana leaf instead.